Murder in the White House
The Residence Is about a murder in the White House – but not the way we got used to it. Forget the bombast with which in traditional series and films, any threat of order in the presidential official residence is presented as a world -class disaster; In this new, by Shonda Rhimes (Bridgerton) Co-produced Krimi it is just a large, complicated house, with 132 rooms, a huge workforce and an extensive safety protocol. The Exentrical Detective Cordelia Cupp (UZO Aduba) must solve the murder case. From the moment she starts investigating the house and the garden at the request of the police, no one is outside of suspicion anymore. It is good to be in this chaotic white house, despite those increasingly complicated business.
Sandra Heerma van Voss
Personal trauma and police
The Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir reconstructs With models and clay dolls the Moroccan tooth of 1981, the rebellion against the hard reign of King Hassan II and the excessive food prices. People were tortured and dozens of Moroccans died. Her father, who was already a large supplier of cardboard play and doll houses for his daughter during her childhood, suggested that he would build the locations and fill them with memories. In this playful way, El Moudir got her relatives and their neighbors talking. Through a mix of personal trauma and political paranoia, they had trusted each other. In particular, the unyielding grandmother kept the family under the thumb like a small despot. The microcosm in the house reflected the dictatorship outside.
André Waardenburg
Assassins in Japan
Feudaal Japan is a popular destination in games. Also in the West. The French Ubisoft is moving its popular Assassin’s Creed series in its latest major episode to Kyoto and the surrounding area in the 16th century. Oda Nobunaga, historically the ‘big more uneneral’ of Japan, wants to get the IGA people on its knees. The young Iga-Ninja Naoe barely manages to escape. At the same time, Nobunagas is originally struggling African Samurai Yasuke with its place in Japanese society. The two meet in their search for the figures behind a mysterious conspiracy. Ubisoft chooses differently than many other ‘Japan games’ for an unintileed, naturalistic world that mimics the physical reality of Japan. The different playing styles of Yasuke and Naoe also give depth.
Len Maessen
As if you are in a pub
Radio DJ Frank van der Lende receives an artist in the studio every week in a new program to talk about music. Listeners can include with questions and stories about the best concert experiences. The intention is that the program is given a tone that is reminiscent of a pub on Saturday evening. Later in the year, Van der Ende will exchange the studio, which is still a temporary employmenthouse, for a real pub, where music can also be made. He is now testing a number of locations. With the kind of artists that will be a guest, we should think of Kensington, Wild Romance (the band of the late Herman Brood), Rondé or Loïs Lane, which has been in existence for forty years this year. Who is the first guest this Saturday Veronica’s Live Club Van der Lende does not want to reveal yet.
Vincent Bijlo